I'm trying to create user profiles for my site where the URL is something like
mysite.com/user/ChrisSalij
Currently my controller looks like so:
<?php
class User extends Controller {
function user(){
parent::Controller();
}
function index(){
$data['username'] = $this->uri->segment(2);
if($data['username'] == FALSE) {
/*load default profile page*/
} else {
/*access the database and get info for $data['username']*/
/*Load profile page with said info*/
}//End of Else
}//End of function
}//End of Class
?>
At the moment I'm getting a 404 error whenever i go to;
mysite.com/user/ChrisSalij
I think this is because it is expecting there to be a method called ChrisSalij.
Though I'm sure I'm misusing the $this->uri->segment();
command too
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
It's because the controller is looking for a function called ChrisSalij.
A few ways to solve this:
change
function index(){ $data['username'] = $this->uri->segment(2);
to be
function index($username){
$data['username'] = $username;
and use the URL of mysite.com/user/index/ChrisSalij
and use something along the lines of
$route['user/(:any)'] = "user/index/$1";
to correctly map the URL of mysite.com/user/ChrisSalij